2021 CHÂTEAU GRAND CORBIN-DESPAGNE Grand Cru Saint Emilion, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU GRAND CORBIN-DESPAGNE

2023 Grand Cru Saint Emilion

Grapes Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Other Bio-dynamic
Sub-district Saint Emilion & Satellites
Village Saint Emilion
Classification Grand Cru
ABV 13.5%

Dark plum colour, raspberry leaf, tomato leaf, fragrant and intense, dark berry fruits, full of charm and texture, with pumice stone and a feeling of light and shade. Packs a lot of flavour in, great stuff. 40% new oak for ageing, Despagne family estate, biodynamic farming. Drinking range: 2028 - 2044 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, Decanter (May 2024)


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The 2023 Grand Corbin Despagne is stellar. Soaring floral notes from the Cabernet Franc give Grand Corbin Despagne its distinctive personality. Pliant and inviting, the 2023 has so much to offer. Black cherry, lavender, spice, new leather and sweet pipe tobacco are beautifully delineated. Sweet floral accents reappear on the finish. The 2023 is impeccable, not to mention wonderfully individual. Drinking range: 2030 - 2043 Rating: 92-94 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2024)

A nose of blackberry and plum cream, rather svelte, and delightfully fresh and perfumed. The palate is a delight, melding a sinewy substance which feels typical of the 2023 vintage, with a very finely knit backbone of tannins which feel sensitively extracted, with the sweet plum and summer fruit notes seen on the nose. Fragrant, perfumed and bright, there is nothing out of place here, the palate supported by high-quality tannins – some of the most finessed I found among the grand cru classé wines in this vintage – and of course 2023’s fresh acidity. This is very good indeed – a credit to the estate and the appellation. Tasted twice. Rating: 92-94 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2024)

Aromas of dark berries, cherries and pencil shavings, framed by a touch of new oak, introduce the 2023 Grand Corbin-Despagne, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and polished wine that's supple, suave and lively, with melting tannins and a gently vanillin-inflected finish. Rating: 90-92 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Apr 2024)

Château Grand Corbin-Despagne

Unusual in Bordeaux is to find the family that gave an estate its name – or, in this case, part of its name – still in situ but, at Château Grand Corbin-Despagne, François Despagne is the latest in a line of Despagnes going back to Louis Despagne who purchased some vines here in 1812. The Corbin estate had been, in antiquity, a vast estate to rival neighbouring Château Figeac and counted the Black Prince amongst its owners, but was divided and sub-divided over the years such that several estates have Corbin in their name. The Despagne family gradually accumulated more vineyard and, by 1852, it had reached its current 26ha. The vineyards are in the north-west corner of the St Emilion appellation, some distance from most of the famous châteaux, but near to Château Cheval Blanc. They are planted to 75% Merlot and 24% Cabernet Franc with the remaining 1% being small plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. The vineyards are in the process of conversion to organic viticulture.

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